2021-22 Departmental Sustainable Development Strategy Report

1. FSDS Target: Reduce GHG emissions from federal government facilities and fleets by 40% below 2005 levels by 2030 (with an aspiration to achieve this target by 2025) and 80% below 2005 levels by 2050 (with an aspiration to be carbon neutral)

1. FSDS contributing action: All new buildings and major building retrofits will prioritize low-carbon investments based on integrated design principles, and life-cycle and total-cost-of ownership assessments which incorporate shadow carbon pricing.

   Corresponding departmental actions:

   • Develop net-zero climate-resilient real property portfolio plan to determine the most cost-effective pathway to climate-resilient real property operations by 2050, including leveraging opportunities for portfolio rationalization, sharing facilities, maximizing energy efficiency, and switching to lower carbon fuels.
   • All new federal buildings (including build-to-lease and public-private partnerships), will be net-zero carbon unless a lifecycle cost benefit analysis indicates net-zero carbon ready construction.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: Actions that reduce the demand for energy or switch to cleaner sources of energy will lead to reductions in GHGs from building operations.
   • UN SDG: SDG 9 - Target 9.4; SDG 12 - Target 12.7

2. FSDS contributing action: Fleet management will be optimized including by applying telematics to collect and analyze vehicle usage data on vehicles scheduled to be replaced.

   Corresponding departmental actions:

   • 75% of new light-duty unmodified administrative fleet vehicle purchases will be zero-emission vehicles or hybrids.
   • All new executive vehicle purchases will be zero-emission vehicles or hybrids.^{Footnote 3}

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: Actions that reduce the amount of fuel consumed for fleet operation or switch to less GHG intensive sources of fuels will contribute to GHG reductions.
   • UN SDG: SDG 9 - Target 9.4; SDG 12 - Target 12.7

2. FSDS Target: Divert at least 75% (by weight) of non-hazardous operational waste from landfills by 2030

• FSDS contributing action: Departments will adopt and deploy clean technologies and implement procedures to manage building operation and take advantage of programs to improve the environmental performance of their buildings.^{Footnote 6}

  Corresponding departmental actions:

  • Track and disclose our waste diversion rates by 2022.
  • Engage employees on waste diversion initiatives.^{Footnote 7}
  • Report building energy and water usage and waste generated using Energy Star Portfolio Manager in all new domestic office leases and lease renewals for space more than 500 square meters.

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: Actions that reduce the generation of non-hazardous operational waste will help to reduce Scope 3 emissions for the production, transport and disposal of material. Diverting waste from landfill reduces landfill gas and transport hauling emissions. Material recovery via recycling reduces emissions for the extraction and production of virgin materials.

    Waste tracking and disclosure for department-owned and leased facilities through Energy Star Portfolio Manager will be addressed in collaboration with stakeholders during fiscal year 2021-22.

    The broad adoption of teleworking during the pandemic significantly reduced the volume of non-hazardous waste generated at departmental facilities during fiscal year 2021-22.

  • UN SDG: SDG 12 - Target 12.5

3. FSDS target: Divert at least 75% (by weight) of plastic waste from landfills by 2030

• FSDS contributing action: Departments will adopt and deploy clean technologies and implement procedures to manage building operation and take advantage of programs to improve the environmental performance of their buildings.^{Footnote 9}

  Corresponding departmental actions:

  • Eliminate the unnecessary use of single-use plastics in ISC operations, events and meetings.
  • When procuring products that contain plastics, ISC will promote the procurement of sustainable plastic products and the reduction of associated plastic packaging waste.
  • Track and disclose departmental waste diversion rates by 2022.^{Footnote 10}

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: Actions that reduce the generation of plastic waste will help to reduce Scope 3 emissions for the production, transport and disposal of material. Diverting waste from landfill reduces landfill gas and transport waste hauling emissions. Material recovery via recycling reduces emissions for the extraction and production of virgin materials.
  • UN SDG: SDG 12 - Target 12.5; Target 12.7

4. FSDS target: Divert at least 90% (by weight) of all construction and demolition waste from landfills (striving to achieve 100% by 2030)

• FSDS contributing action: Minimize embodied carbon and the use of harmful materials in construction and renovation.^{Footnote 11}

  Corresponding departmental actions:

  • Track and disclose departmental waste diversion rates by 2022.
  • Establish departmental green procurement targets to require the diversion of waste from construction and demolition projects.^{Footnote 12}

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: Actions that reduce the generation of construction and demolition waste will help to reduce Scope 3 emissions for the production, transport and disposal of material. Diverting waste from landfills reduces landfill gas and transport waste hauling emissions. Material recovery via recycling reduces emissions for the extraction and production of virgin materials.
  • UN SDG: SDG 12 - Target 12.5

5. FSDS Target: By 2030, 75% of domestic office lease transactions must be carbon neutral in situations where the federal government represents 75% or greater of the occupied space (square metres), market conditions permit and a competitive environment exists

• FSDS contributing action: In all new domestic office leases and lease renewals for space more than 500 square metres, landlords must report building energy and water usage and waste generated using Energy Star Portfolio Manager

  Corresponding departmental actions:

  • Starting in 2030, 75% of domestic office new lease and lease renewal floor space must be in net-zero carbon, climate-resilient buildings.
  • In all new domestic office leases and lease renewals for space over 500 m2, landlords must report building energy and water usage, GHG emissions and waste generated using Energy Star Portfolio Manager.^{Footnote 13}

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: Higher performing buildings with the highest scores will generally minimize energy use and therefore GHG emissions from heating and electricity (where applicable).
  • UN SDG: SDG 9 - Target 9.4; SDG 12 - Target 12.7

6. FSDS Target: Our administrative fleet will be comprised of at least 80% zero-emission vehicles by 2030

• FSDS contributing action: Fleet management will be optimized including by applying telematics to collect and analyze vehicle usage data on vehicles scheduled to be replaced

  Corresponding departmental actions:

  • 75% of new light-duty unmodified administrative fleet vehicle purchases will be zero-emission vehicles or hybrids.
  • All new executive vehicle purchases will be zero-emission vehicles or hybrids.

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: As conventional vehicles are replaced over their lifetimes with ZEVs, and/or the size of the fleet is reduced, a greater proportion of the fleet will be ZEV.
  • UN SDG: SDG 12 - Target 12.7

7. FSDS target: By 2022, departments have developed measures to reduce climate change risks to assets, services and operations

1. FSDS contributing action: Increase training and support on assessing climate change impacts, undertaking climate change risk assessments and developing adaptation actions to public service employees, and facilitate sharing of best practices and lessons learned

   Corresponding departmental actions:

   • By 2022, ISC will take action to understand the wide range of climate change impacts that could potentially affect federal assets, services and operations across the country.
   • ISC is participating in a climate change vulnerability assessment in partnership with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) that will identify high-level risks and vulnerabilities to services offered by this department.^{Footnote 14}

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: Factoring climate variability and change into policy, programs, and operations is one of the most important ways the government can adapt to a changing climate and is consistent with the government's risk management approach of enhancing the protection of public assets and resources and strengthening planning and decision-making.
   • UN SDG: SDG 13 - Target 13.3

2. FSDS contributing action: By 2021, adopt climate-resilient building codes being developed by National Research Council Canada (NRC)

   Corresponding departmental actions:

   • All major real property projects will integrate climate change adaptation into the design, construction and operation aspects.
   • Climate change adaptation will be included in the design, construction and operation aspects of real property or engineered asset projects.
   • Construct buildings conforming to the National Research Council Canada's (NRC) code.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: Early adoption of the code in the construction of buildings demonstrates federal leadership in climate resilient buildings.
   • UN SDG: SDG 9 – Target 9.4; SDG 12 – Target 12.7; SDG 13 - Target 13.3

8. FSDS target: Use 100% clean electricity by 2025

• FSDS contributing action: Departments will use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure best value in government procurement decisions^{Footnote 18}

  Corresponding departmental actions:

  • In regions with carbon emitting electricity generation, organizations will at a minimum produce or purchase megawatt hours of renewable electricity equivalent to that produced by the high-carbon portion of the electricity grid. This includes the use of renewable electricity generated on-site or purchased off-site.
  • There is a preference, but not a requirement, to buy electricity in the province or territory in which it is consumed.

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: The use of clean electricity eliminates GHG emissions in jurisdictions with emitting generation sources.
  • UN SDG: SDG 9 – Target 9.4; SDG 12

9. FSDS target: Actions supporting the Goal: Greening Government

[These actions support the goal Greening Government but do not directly support a FSDS target.]

1. FSDS contributing action: Minimize embodied carbon and the use of harmful materials in construction and renovation

   Corresponding departmental actions:

   • Specification of low embodied carbon materials in construction and construction contracts.
   • Substitution of low embodied carbon materials in construction and renovation projects.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: The use of low embodied carbon materials expands the market and encourages industry to adopt low carbon extraction, production and disposal practices. This will reduce Scope 3 emissions and other harmful environmental impacts.
   • UN SDG: SDG 9 – Target 9.4; SDG 12 – Target 12.7

2. FSDS contributing action: Departments will use environmental criteria to reduce the environmental impact and ensure best value in government procurement decisions

   Corresponding departmental actions:

   • Include criteria that address carbon reduction, sustainable plastics and broader environmental benefits into procurements for goods and services that have a high environmental impact.
   • Integrate environmental considerations into procurement management processes and controls.
   • Incorporate environmental considerations into the development of any common-use procurement instruments.
   • Ensure key officials include contribution to and support for the Policy on Green Procurement objectives in their performance evaluations.
   • Set departmental targets to reduce the environmental impact of specific goods or services.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: Green procurement incorporates environmental considerations into purchasing decisions and is expected to motivate suppliers to green their goods, services and supply chain. GHG reductions are one area of consideration in green procurement.
   • UN SDG: SDG 9 – Target 9.4; SDG 12 – Target 12.5; Target 12.7

3. FSDS contributing action: Departments will adopt clean technology and undertake clean technology demonstration projects

   Corresponding departmental actions:

   • Undertake or commission research and development for innovative clean technologies.
   • Address specific departmental needs or increase operational efficiency by testing state-of-the-art innovations not yet available in the marketplace.
   • Lead by example as an early adopter of clean technology innovations.
   • Develop operational innovation proposals for the Greening Government Fund.
   • Create departmental set-asides or targets for procurement of clean technology goods and services.
   • Incorporate life-cycle assessments and outcomes-based approaches into procurement practices to ensure innovative approaches are considered.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: Actions by individual departments that incent, support, or procure state-of-the-art innovative clean technologies that lower the environmental footprint of government operations while contributing to the success of clean-tech businesses in Canada.
   • UN SDG: SDG 7; SDG 9; SDG 12 – Target 12.7

4. FSDS contributing action: Support for green procurement will be strengthened, including guidance, tools and training for public service employees

   Corresponding departmental actions: Ensure decisions makers, material management and specialists in procurement have the necessary training and awareness to support green procurement.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: Green procurement incorporates environmental considerations into purchasing decisions and is expected to motivate suppliers to green their goods, services and supply chain.
   • UN SDG: SDG 12 – Target 12.7

1. FSDS Target: By 2030, reduce Canada's total GHG emissions by 30%, relative to 2005 emissions levels

• FSDS contributing actions: Support businesses and Canadians in taking action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

  Corresponding departmental actions: Through the First Nation Infrastructure Fund (FNIF), provide funding to First Nations on reserves for infrastructure projects, such as planning and skills development, energy systems and structural mitigation.

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: Key departmental actions will support First Nations with infrastructure projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and that are tailored to the needs of the community, comparable to off reserve communities.
  • UN SDG: SDG 9 - Target 9.4; SDG 11; SDG 13 - Target 13.3

2. FSDS Target: Actions supporting the Goal: Effective Action on Climate Change

[This section is for actions that support the Effective Action on Climate Change Goal but do not directly support a FSDS target]

1. FSDS contributing actions: Provide support and funding for climate resilience

   1. Corresponding departmental actions: Provide direct funding, through the First Nations Infrastructure Fund (FNIF), to support First Nation communities, band councils, tribal councils and Indigenous organizations. The FNIF supports First Nation communities in their efforts to have reliable and sustainable infrastructure by providing funding to plan, design, construct, and acquire community infrastructure assets and facilities. This includes the delivery of structural mitigation projects, which will reduce the impacts of natural disasters on First Nation communities (e.g. construction of dykes).

      Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

      • FSDS: ISC provides funding to First Nations communities to develop information and tools to support the identification of climate change impacts and adaptation measures. The long-term outcome of these programs is to increase resilience to climate change impacts by implementing adaptation measures.
      • UN SDG: SDG 1 – Target 1.5^{Footnote 23}; SDG 9 - Target 9.4; SDG 11; SDG 13 - Target 13.1

• 2. Corresponding departmental actions: Make funding available to First Nations communities through the Emergency Management Assistance Program (EMAP) to support emergency preparedness activities, including the development of risk assessments; the FireSmart program on-reserve; flood protection studies; and developing, updating, and exercising emergency management plans.

     Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

     • FSDS: ISC's EMAP provides First Nations with support through the four pillars of emergency management — preparedness, non-structural mitigation, response, and recovery — as well as forest fire suppression activities. This approach to emergency events, many of which are exacerbated or caused by climate change, enables ISC to better support First Nation communities in strengthening their capacity and resilience to the mounting threats associated with climate change. The funding made available through the EMAP facilitates disaster readiness, threat and capability awareness, and also supports individual and community recovery efforts following a disaster event.
     • UN SDG: SDG 3; SDG 9; SDG 11 - Target 11.5, Target 11.B; SDG 13 - Target 13.1, Target 13.3

• 3. Corresponding departmental action: Indigenous communities take measures to reduce the health effects of climate change. Provide funding for community-driven projects in First Nations and Inuit communities. Funding will support the development of adaptation plans and actions that identify and prioritize the health impacts of climate change.^{Footnote 26}

     Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

     • FSDS: The Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program was established in 2008.

       The Program is unique among adaptation programs in that it focuses on supporting community-driven health research and adaptation strategies. This allows communities to identify the areas of research and vulnerability-assessments that are of greatest importance to them.

       Initially the Program targeted northern communities in the territories and has been expanded in 2016-17 to include First Nations communities. Projects funded through this Program include action-oriented projects that help minimize climate change risks and adapt to the impacts of climate change on human health.

       First Nations and Inuit communities play a leading role in helping to understand and address vulnerabilities and risks from climate change impacts, identifying economic opportunities arising from clean growth, and reducing emissions.

       By providing financial support, the Climate Change and Health Adaptation Program creates an opportunity for communities to identify the areas of adaptation research and vulnerability-assessments (e.g., food security and access to traditional food, physical and mental health impacts, extreme weather events, water monitoring) that are of greatest importance to them so they can be prioritized at a regional level.

     • UN SDG: SDG 3 – Target 3.9; SDG 13 - Target 13.1, Target 13.3

• 4. Corresponding departmental actions: Engaging and collaborating with Indigenous Peoples on policies, programs and other priorities, including through the Indigenous Centre for Cumulative Effects (ICCE).

     Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

     • FSDS: The ICCE is a non-for profit corporation that was created to support the technical and scientific capacity of communities to undertake cumulative effects assessment, monitoring and management, based on the values of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities. ISC's Lands and Economic Development Sector will continue to support and collaborate with the ICCE to better understand how the cumulative impacts resulting from development, climate change and other activities affect Indigenous lands, waters, and people. Enhancing Indigenous capacity in this regard is essential for sound environmental stewardship and decision making.
     • UN SDG: SDG 3; SDG 6; SDG 11 - Target 11.B; SDG 13 - Target 13.2; SDG 14; SDG 15

FSDS Target: By the end of 2027-28 fiscal year, invest $26.9 billion in funding for green infrastructure initiatives that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve climate resilience and environment quality

• FSDS contributing actions: Work with partners on green infrastructure

  1. Corresponding departmental actions:

     • Invest in waste management infrastructure and programming on-reserve.
     • Work with First Nations to develop solid waste management approaches that meet individual community needs. Activities will include:
       • diverting waste from reserve whenever possible
       • supporting recycling, composting, and hazardous waste diversion programming
       • increasing community awareness
       • constructing landfills when appropriate

     Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

     • FSDS: Key departmental actions will support First Nations with waste management solutions that are tailored to the needs of the community, comparable to off-reserve communities and provide employment opportunities to Indigenous Peoples.
     • UN SDG: SDG 6 - Target 6.3; SDG 11 - Target 11.6, Target 11.7; SDG 12 - Target 12.5

• 2. Corresponding departmental actions: Through the First Nation Infrastructure Fund (FNIF), provide funding to First Nations on reserves for infrastructure projects, such as planning and skills development, energy systems and structural mitigation.

     Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

     • FSDS: Key departmental actions will support First Nations with infrastructure projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and that are tailored to the needs of the community, comparable to off reserve communities.
     • UN SDG: SDG 9 - Target 9.4; SDG 11; SDG 13 - Target 13.3

• 3. Corresponding departmental actions: Through the Lands and Economic Development Services Program and budget investments, provide funding to First Nations for land use planning towards building healthy and sustainable communities.^{Footnote 28}

     Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

     • FSDS: Key departmental actions will support First Nations with climate resilient and energy efficient infrastructure projects in part through land use planning that also promotes environmental quality, culture, economic development, and community health and wellbeing.
     • UN SDG: SDG 9 - Target 9.1; SDG 11 - Target 11.3, Target 11.4, Target 11.7, Target 11.A, Target 11.B; SDG 13 - Target 13.2

FSDS Target: By 2030, 90% and in the long term, 100% of Canada's electricity is generated from renewable and non-emitting sources

• FSDS contributing actions: Promote collaboration and work with partners on clean energy infrastructure

  Corresponding departmental actions: Provide direct funding support to First Nations communities to plan and implement projects that reduce dependence on diesel-powered electricity on reserve and work with partner government departments, such as Natural Resources Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, to ensure a national approach.^{Footnote 29}

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: Working with First Nation communities and other governments to reduce dependence on diesel-powered electricity on reserve, and continuing to support First Nations-led efforts to implement renewable electricity options (such as solar, hydro and wind) will promote greater use of clean energy infrastructure.
  • UN SDG: SDG 7- Target 7.2

1. FSDS Target: All of the long-term drinking water advisories on public systems on reserve are to be resolved^{Footnote 31}

• FSDS contributing actions: Work with partners on drinking water quality

  Corresponding departmental actions:

  • Provide funding and advice to First Nations communities on the planning, procurement, design, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance of water and wastewater systems.
  • Assist First Nations in identifying infrastructure needs and submitting capital projects proposals.^{Footnote 32}

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: Funding and technical support will enable delivery of drinking water and wastewater services in First Nations communities to ensure that First Nations public drinking water and wastewater systems financially supported by ISC meet established standards.
  • UN SDG: SDG 3 - Target 3.9; SDG 6 - Target 6.1, Target 6.3, Target 6.5, Target 6.B

2. FSDS Target: Actions supporting the Goal: Clean Drinking Water

[This section is for actions that support the Clean Drinking Water Goal but do not directly support a FSDS target]

• FSDS contributing actions: Work with partners on drinking water quality

  Corresponding departmental actions:

  • Support all First Nations communities in ensuring they have ongoing access to a trained Community Based Drinking Water Quality Monitor or an Environmental Public Health Officer to sample and test the drinking water for potential bacteriological contamination.
  • Support First Nations communities in on-going monitoring of drinking water quality in order to minimize potential negative health impacts.

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: ISC works together with First Nations communities and provides funding to Chiefs and Councils for drinking water monitoring through its Community-Based Water Monitor program. By working with First Nations communities to ensure they have the technical support and expertise required to monitor drinking water quality, potential concerns can be identified and the appropriate recommendation can be provided to the Chief and Council of the First Nation community for action. These recommendations can include issuing a drinking water advisory.

    ISC works directly with First Nations to assist communities in monitoring drinking water quality, which includes providing advice and guidance about drinking water safety and wastewater disposal, and reviewing infrastructure project proposals from a public health perspective. These measures contribute to an understanding of drinking water quality issues facing First Nation communities and their resolution.

  • UN SDG: SDG 3 - Target 3.9; SDG 6 - Target 6.1, Target 6.5, Target 6.B

FSDS Target: Actions supporting the Goal: Sustainable Food

[This section is for actions that support the Sustainable Food Goal but do not directly support a FSDS target]

• FSDS contributing actions: Make healthier food choices easier

  Corresponding departmental actions: Through the nutrition education component of the Nutrition North Canada program, encourage healthy food choices by increasing the knowledge of healthy eating and to develop skills in selecting and preparing healthy food.

  Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

  • FSDS: As part of the Nutrition North Canada Program, ISC provides funding to support the delivery of retail and community-based nutrition education initiatives to help promote a safe and accessible food supply in isolated communities, and strengthen retail-community partnerships.
  • UN SDG: SDG 2 - Target 2.1; SDG 3 - Target 3.4

1. FSDS Target: By 2022, take risk management actions in a timely manner for 100% of substances found to be a risk to the environment or human health

• FSDS contributing actions: Use legislation and regulations to address outdoor air pollutant emissions and harmful substances

  1. Corresponding departmental actions: Manage the Environmental Review Process (ERP) to ensure that projects on reserve do not cause significant adverse environmental effects.

     Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

     • FSDS: Through the ERP, ISC ensures that proposed projects on reserve lands comply with all applicable environmental legislation and regulations and determines whether projects have the potential to result in significant adverse environmental effects. The ERP enables ISC to identify potential impacts of projects and their related activities, to what degree reductions of impacts may be achievable, and what types of mitigation may be required.

       The ERP helps identify potential emissions during project activities as well as mitigation measures that can be implemented to address and reduce issues related to air quality problems, such as the health and wellbeing of community members.

     • UN SDG: SDG 6; SDG 11 - Target 11.6; SDG 14 - Target 14.1; SDG 15 - Target 15.9

2. Corresponding departmental actions: In collaboration with Environment and Climate Change Canada, ISC works with First Nations to co-develop options to address environmental protection regulatory and capacity gaps.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: Through a multi-phase engagement process with First Nations, ISC will co-develop options to address the environmental protection gap on reserve lands. Such options may include legislation that would better protect reserve land, air and water from pollutants and contamination.
   • UN SDG: SDG 10 - Target 10.3; SDG 11 - Target 11.6

2. FSDS Target: Actions supporting the Goal: Safe and Healthy Communities

[This section is for actions that support the Safe and Healthy Communities Goal but do not directly support a FSDS target]

1. FSDS contributing actions: Provide information to inform action and decision making

   Corresponding departmental actions: Provide funding to the Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources to continue to support the ClimateTelling web portal, which was established to create awareness about climate change and the impacts on human health facing Indigenous communities in Canada.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: The ClimateTelling web portal provides resources and tools for Indigenous communities interested in undertaking climate change and health-related initiatives. It also provides a platform for sharing knowledge, expertise and experiences and supports collaboration between scholars, professionals and community advocates.
   • UN SDG: SDG 3 - Target 3.9; SDG 13 - Target 13.3

2. FSDS contributing actions: Prevent environmental emergencies or mitigate their impacts

   Corresponding departmental actions: Work with First Nations communities to identify and recommend action on potential public health risks that could adversely impact the health of community residents.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: As part of its prevention and control activities, ISC's Environmental Public Health Program conducts investigations where there are suspected or confirmed foodborne/waterborne or vectorborne outbreaks. Environmental Public Health Officers focus on the elements of environmental risk that could pose health risks by working with First Nations Authorities and other public health workers in Regions and communities to address suspected or confirmed cases or outbreaks of communicable diseases.
   • UN SDG: SDG 3 - Target 3.9

3. FSDS contributing actions: Demonstrate leadership on assessing and remediating contaminated sites

   Corresponding departmental actions: Implement the Federal Contaminated Sites Action Plan and complete remediation and risk management activities at known high priority federal contaminated sites.

   Contribution by each departmental action to the FSDS goal and target:

   • FSDS: Contaminated sites are managed to reduce risk to human and environmental health and safety.
   • UN SDG: SDG 3 - Target 3.9; SDG 6 – Target 6.3; SDG 12 - Target 12.4